(b) The national law of any designated State may provide that, where the national Office of that State finds the invitation, referred to in subparagraph (a), of the International Searching Authority justified and where the applicant has not paid all additional fees, those parts of the international application which consequently have not been searched shall, as far as effects in that State are concerned, be considered withdrawn unless a special fee is paid by the applicant to the national Office of that State.
(b) Notranja zakonodaja vsake imenovane države lahko določa, da se, kadar državni urad zadevne države meni, da je poziv ustanove za mednarodno poizvedbo, naveden v določbi pod (a), upravičen, in kadar prijavitelj ne plača vseh dodatnih taks, deli mednarodne prijave, ki zaradi tega niso bili predmet poizvedbe, štejejo za umaknjene glede učinka v zadevni državi, razen če prijavitelj plača državnemu uradu te države posebno takso.